GNU Privacy Guard

A guide to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard from your PC

GNU Privacy Guard is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by The GnuPG Project. Further information on The GnuPG Project can be seen here. Please open https://gnupg.org if you want to read more on GNU Privacy Guard on The GnuPG Project's website. GNU Privacy Guard is typically set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG directory, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. The entire uninstall command line for GNU Privacy Guard is C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file has a size of 144.41 KB (147872 bytes) on disk and is called gnupg-uninstall.exe.

GNU Privacy Guard is composed of the following executables which occupy 6.54 MB (6854574 bytes) on disk:

• gnupg-uninstall.exe (144.41 KB)
• dirmngr.exe (780.50 KB)
• dirmngr_ldap.exe (142.50 KB)
• gpg-agent.exe (466.00 KB)
• gpg-card.exe (331.00 KB)
• gpg-check-pattern.exe (150.00 KB)
• gpg-connect-agent.exe (183.00 KB)
• gpg-preset-passphrase.exe (114.00 KB)
• gpg-wks-client.exe (264.00 KB)
• gpg.exe (1.27 MB)
• gpgconf.exe (203.50 KB)
• gpgme-w32spawn.exe (53.00 KB)
• gpgsm.exe (654.50 KB)
• gpgtar.exe (183.00 KB)
• gpgv.exe (661.00 KB)
• keyboxd.exe (326.01 KB)
• pinentry-basic.exe (108.50 KB)
• scdaemon.exe (627.50 KB)

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The current web page applies to GNU Privacy Guard version 2.4.3 only. For more GNU Privacy Guard versions please click below:

• 2.2.0
• 2.2.11
• 2.4.2
• 2.1.14
• 2.1.16
• 2.1.6
• 2.2.2
• 2.1.13
• 2.2.20
• 2.1.12
• 2.1.8
• 2.2.28
• 2.1.2230
• 2.2.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.2.33
• 2.1.9
• 2.2.17
• 2.3.0
• 2.1.17
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.16
• 2.3.1
• 2.2.27
• 2.2.23
• 2.1.1
• 2.2.7
• 2.1.23
• 2.1.19
• 2.2.19
• 2.1.18
• 2.2.15
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.32
• 2.1.7
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.20
• 2.2.1851
• 2.4.0
• 2.3.3
• 2.1.10
• 2.1.15
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.9
• 2.4.5
• 2.2.10
• 2.3.8
• 2.2.25
• 2.2.26
• 2.2.13
• 2.1.21
• 2.3.7
• 2.4.1
• 2.1.11
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.21
• 2.2.24
• 2.3.2
• 2.1.0
• 2.2.12
• 2.3.6
• 2.4.4

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If you are manually uninstalling GNU Privacy Guard we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GnuPG

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Gpg4win\MementoSection_SEC_gnupg_w32

How to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GNU Privacy Guard is a program marketed by The GnuPG Project. Some people decide to remove this program. This can be efortful because removing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. The best QUICK solution to remove GNU Privacy Guard is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find GNU Privacy Guard or simply click the Search feature and type in "GNU Privacy Guard". If it exists on your system the GNU Privacy Guard application will be found automatically. After you click GNU Privacy Guard in the list of programs, the following data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about GNU Privacy Guard, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for GNU Privacy Guard:

• The web site of the program is: https://gnupg.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove GNU Privacy Guard.


8. After uninstalling GNU Privacy Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong GNU Privacy Guard that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing GNU Privacy Guard with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard by The GnuPG Project from your computer, we are not saying that GNU Privacy Guard by The GnuPG Project is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.